Tyyni Tuulio

Tyyni Maria Tuulio (née Haapanen; 28 August 1892, in Karvia – 9 June 1991, in Helsinki), was a Finnish writer and translator.[1]

Tyyni Tuulio
Tuulio in 1982
Tuulio in 1982
BornTyyni Maria Haapanen
(1892-08-28)28 August 1892
Karvia, Finland
Died9 June 1991(1991-06-09) (aged 98)
Helsinki, Finland
Resting placeHietaniemi Cemetery, Helsinki, Finland
OccupationBiographer, translator, short story writer, essayist
Alma materUniversity of Helsinki (BA, MA)
Notable awards
Spouse
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(m. 1917)​
Children3
RelativesToivo Haapanen (brother)

Tuulio was the daughter of vicar Jaakko Haapanen and Hilma Antoinette Rikberg.[2] She graduated from high school in 1911, earned her Bachelor of Arts in 1916 and her Master of Arts in 1927, both in Romance languages and literature.[2][3] She published travel writing and short stories as well as biographies of prominent Finnish women, such as Sophie Mannerheim (1948), Ottilia Stenbäck (1950), Alexandra Gripenberg (1959) and Maila Talvio (two volumes, 1963–1965). She also wrote memoirs in three volumes (1966–1969). In 1979, she published a collection of essays titled Fredrikan Suomi about Fredrika Runeberg and the other women who belonged to Johan Ludvig Runeberg's social circle.[1]

Tuulio is counted among Finland's most influential twentieth-century literary translators.[4] She translated from Swedish (the collected works of Fredrika Runeberg), English (Charlotte Brontë, Louisa May Alcott) and the Romance languages (Dante Alighieri's La Vita Nova).[3]

In 1957, she received an award from the Finnish Cultural Foundation,[5] and in 1960, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Helsinki.[2] In 1985, she received the State translation prize.[3]

She married linguist Oiva Tuulio in 1917. They had three sons; the eldest son was killed in the beginning of the Continuation War.[2][6]

Tuulio's brother was conductor Toivo Haapanen.[3] She is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.[7]

References
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  1. "Tuulio, Tyyni". Uppslagsverket Finland (in Swedish). 2010-11-23. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  2. Kuka kukin on 1978: Henkilötietoja nykypolven suomalaisista. Helsinki: Otava. 1978. p. 1024. ISBN 951-1-04755-8. OCLC 535426095.
  3. Hurmerinta, Riitta-Ilona (2014). "Nearly a century devoted to literature". 375 Humanists. Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
  4. Baker, Mona; Saldanha, Gabriela, eds. (2009). Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies (2nd ed.). London: Routledge. p. 403. ISBN 978-0-415-36930-5. OCLC 202543828.
  5. "Keskusrahaston palkinnot". Suomen Kulttuurirahasto (in Finnish). Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  6. "Kirjavisa: Tyyni Tuulio suomensi vielä yli 90-vuotiaana". Demokraatti (in Finnish). 2015-12-04. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  7. "Tyyni Maria Tuulio (Tallgren Haapanen)". BillionGraves. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
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